n2 Section 2948 provides: A mortgage of real property may be made in substantially the following form:
This mortgage, made the day of , in the year , by A B, of , mortgagor, to C D, of , mortgagee, witnesseth:
That the mortgagor mortgages to the mortgagee [here describe the property], as security for the payment to him of dollars, on [or before] the day of , in the year , with interest thereon [or as security for the payment of an obligation, describing it, etc.] A.B.